most recent 30 from http://socialsounddesign.com 2013-05-18T07:44:06Z http://socialsounddesign.com/feeds/question/8038 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/8038/india-street-ambience Utopia 2011-05-18T03:02:55Z 2011-05-19T11:39:45Z

<p>I'm right now working on a film with an intro much like The Hurt Locker but this film is in India. Estab shots on slums and poverty-stricken streets.</p> <p>I really like the intro to The Hurt Locker with the megaphone speech and the gritty ambiences.</p> <p>Has anyone been to India? Do you know what a street such as this one would have included sound-wise?</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/8038/india-street-ambience/8039#8039 Peter-John Campbell 2011-05-18T03:46:22Z 2011-05-18T03:46:22Z

<p>If it's a busy market street. A lot of traffic, small cars and mopeds, rickshaws both pulled by motor bike or horses, lots of people. </p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/8038/india-street-ambience/8040#8040 ntkeep 2011-05-18T04:57:36Z 2011-05-18T04:57:36Z

<p>It depends on what sort of urban setting the slum is in. Hard carts are a rare sight these days and a lot of the slums even have televisions. You could layer these sounds:</p> <ul> <li>Crows (lots of them)</li> <li>Indian Koyal (bird)</li> <li>Pigeons (wing flap/cooeing depending on location)</li> <li>Chickens</li> <li>Distant television</li> <li>Dogs</li> <li>kids playing</li> <li>Two wheelers</li> <li>three wheeler auto rickshaws </li> <li>Metal utensils (maybe something cooking on a kerosene stove)</li> <li>Radio</li> <li>Hand washing clothes</li> <li>Faucet/water running </li> <li>Traffic ambiance (trucks, motorcycles, cars..make sure there are enough horns heard)</li> </ul> <p>Email me (nothingtokeep[at]gmail[dot]com), I probably could share a few sounds with you.</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/8038/india-street-ambience/8041#8041 charlie 2011-05-18T06:41:59Z 2011-05-18T06:41:59Z

<p>Hello.</p> <p>I have been in India last month and record a lot of sounds. You can ear some examples on my blog : www.faunethic.org</p> <p>Maybe i can share some sounds too.</p> <p>Bye.</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/8038/india-street-ambience/8043#8043 Chris 2011-05-18T07:23:44Z 2011-05-18T07:23:44Z

<p>Indian musical instruments</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/8038/india-street-ambience/8046#8046 Bluesman69 2011-05-18T08:22:20Z 2011-05-18T08:22:20Z

<p>Don't forget the street vendors! Indian street vendors tend to be pretty vocal.</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/8038/india-street-ambience/8059#8059 Marco Lopez 2011-05-18T15:25:44Z 2011-05-18T15:25:44Z

<p>A search on youtube shows that a street market's ambience includes all the elements that the rest of the guys have indicated. </p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/8038/india-street-ambience/8071#8071 Will Ward 2011-05-19T11:39:45Z 2011-05-19T11:39:45Z

<p>Harmonium in the background. We had a lot of street vendor stuff (check your region/language). There are horns constantly and we found that we had take a heap out because they would drive the audience nuts. Agree with the crows as well - we had an interior dialogue where a crow got into the building, it took forever to edit it out. I went back and watched Slumdog Millionaire. Have a look at The Waiting City</p>